Humvee still made in America

Army.mil ^ | C. Todd Lopez

[SandRat]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 3, 2009) -- The military's High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, also known as a "HMMWV" or a "Humvee," will continue to be made in the United States, by an American-owned company.

The recent announcement that Detroit-based General Motors will sell their Hummer brand of vehicles to Chinese-based Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company, has no bearing on the U.S. military's Humvee.

"The Army's Humvee and the civilian Hummer look similar and share a common appearance," said spokesman Lt. Col. Martin Downie. "But the rights to produce those two different vehicles are no longer owned by the same company."

Humvee manufacturer AM General is an American company based in South Bend, Ind. The company produced the first 55,000 Humvees for the Army in 1985. The company continues today to produce the Humvee for the military.

In the early 1990s, AM General began producing a civilian version of the Humvee, calling it a "Hummer." But by the late 1990s, AM General had sold the Hummer name to General Motors.

While GM will sell the Hummer nameplate to Sichuan Tengzhong, the military's Humvee, its designs, unique performance capabilities and technologies will continue to be owned by, and the vehicle produced by, AM General.

[pissant]

If Obama continues down the path we are on, we won’t be building much of anything

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

If Obama continues down the path we are on, we won’t be building much of anything
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.................and owned by every other country...except the USA.

[umgud]

Clinton had a hummer too.

[Cyber Liberty]

My understanding is that he had many hummers.

[DHSMostWanted]

Thank God! (No Obama, I'm not thanking you. You are not a god, despite what you think.)

[DHSMostWanted]

He lied about receiving them. Any normal male would shout it from the roof.

[stboz]

Alla youa house are blong to us. You buy cheap Chinese junk......

We buy youa country.

[omega4179]

I miss the days when the potus just lied about BJs instead of saying we are a muslim, socialist nation.

[max americana]

You could also thank the MSM ass-kissers who either ignore or spin it in his favor. If there was a nuclear explosion due to Al qaeda in America, the AP will either blame Bush or right-wing extremists.

[MarkL]

I had thought that the "original" Hummer, the H1, was still manufactured by AM General, and then sold by GM. IIRC, the H2 and H3 were pretty much standard GMC SUVs with a different body style. And I had heard THAT was what GM sold. But the H1 was pretty darned close to the military vehicle, complete with all the cool mechanical stuff, like inboard disc brakes and planetary reduction gear in the hubs.

Mark

[Malesherbes]

Now that the Hummer belongs to China, will we be able to buy one at Wal-Mart?

[SandRat]

Nope! Circle-K